Code cleanups

python/gui/qgspluginmanagerinterface.sip

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /**
  * \class QgsPluginManagerInterface
- * \brief Abstract base class to make QgsPluginManager available to plugins.
+ * \brief Abstract base class to make QgsPluginManager available to pyplugin_installer.
  */
 class QgsPluginManagerInterface : QObject
 {
@@ -16,35 +16,24 @@ class QgsPluginManagerInterface : QObject
     //! Virtual destructor
     ~QgsPluginManagerInterface();
 
-    //! remove metadata of all python plugins from the registry (c++ plugins stay)
+    //! remove python plugins from the metadata registry (c++ plugins stay)
     virtual void clearPythonPluginMetadata() = 0;
 
     //! add a single plugin to the metadata registry
-    virtual void addPluginMetadata( QMap<QString,QString> metadata ) = 0;
+    virtual void addPluginMetadata( QMap<QString, QString> metadata ) = 0;
 
-    //! refresh listView model and textView content
+    //! refresh plugin list model (and metadata browser content if necessary)
     virtual void reloadModel() = 0;
 
-    //! get given plugin metadata
+    //! return given plugin metadata
     virtual QMap<QString, QString> * pluginMetadata( QString key ) = 0;
 
     //! clear the repository listWidget
     virtual void clearRepositoryList() = 0;
 
     //! add repository to the repository listWidget
-    virtual void addToRepositoryList( QMap<QString,QString> repository ) = 0;
+    virtual void addToRepositoryList( QMap<QString, QString> repository ) = 0;
 
-  signals:
-
-    //! emitted when the Python Plugin Installer should show the fetching repositories window
-    void fetchingStillInProgress( );
-
-  public slots:
-
-    //! show the Plugin Manager window when remote repositories are fetched.
-    //! Display a progress dialog when fetching.
-    virtual void showPluginManagerWhenReady( ) = 0;
-
-    //! promptly show the Plugin Manager window and optionally open tab tabIndex:
+    //! show the Plugin Manager window and optionally open tab tabIndex
     virtual void showPluginManager( int tabIndex = -1 ) = 0;
 };

src/app/pluginmanager/metadata

@@ -1,29 +1,37 @@
 PLUGIN METADATA TAGS
 =======================================================
-id					the key, usually library base name
-name
+id                  the key,library base name
+name                human readable plugin name
 description
-icon				path to installed or available icon
-category			will be removed?
-tags				comma separated, spaces allowed
-changelog			may be multiline
+icon                path to installed or available icon
+category            isn't it depreciated?
+tags                comma separated, spaces allowed
+changelog           may be multiline
 author_name
 author_email
-homepage			url
-tracker 			url
-code_repository		url
+homepage            url
+tracker             url
+code_repository     url
 version_installed
-library				cpp: path to the installed library | Python: module name
-pythonic			is plugin pythonic or cpp?
-readonly			is core plugin?
-status				not installed | installed | upgradeable | orphan | new | newer *
-error				NULL | broken | incompatible | dependent
+library             absolute path to the installed library / module
+pythonic            true | false (is plugin pythonic or cpp?)
+readonly            true | false (is core plugin?)
+installed           true | false
+available           true | false
+status              not installed | new    |   upgradeable | orphan | newer *
+error               NULL | broken | incompatible | dependent
 error_details
-experimental		choosen version status
+experimental        choosen version status
 version_available
-zip_repository		the remote repository id
+zip_repository      the remote repository id
 download_url
-filename			the zip file name
-downloads			number of dowloads
+filename            the zip file name to be unpacked
+downloads           number of dowloads
 average_vote
-rating_votes		number of votes
+rating_votes        number of votes
+
+* status is only obligatory for Pythin plugins and it must match all the tags:
+available, installed. version_available, version_installed.
+orphan = installed and not available to download;
+new = not installed and seen for the first time;
+newer = the installer version is newer than available one.

src/app/pluginmanager/qgsapppluginmanagerinterface.cpp

@@ -29,14 +29,7 @@ QgsAppPluginManagerInterface::~QgsAppPluginManagerInterface()
 }
 
 
-//! show the Plugin Manager window when remote repositories are fetched.
-//! Display a progress dialog when fetching.
-void QgsAppPluginManagerInterface::showPluginManagerWhenReady( )
-{
-}
-
-
-//! promptly show the Plugin Manager window and optionally open tab tabIndex:
+//! show the Plugin Manager window and optionally open tab tabIndex
 void QgsAppPluginManagerInterface::showPluginManager( int tabIndex )
 {
   mPluginManager->getCppPluginDescriptions();
@@ -45,43 +38,41 @@ void QgsAppPluginManagerInterface::showPluginManager( int tabIndex )
   //! switch to tab, if specified ( -1 means not specified )
   if ( tabIndex > -1 )
   {
-  mPluginManager->selectTabItem( tabIndex );
+    mPluginManager->selectTabItem( tabIndex );
   }
 
   mPluginManager->exec();
 }
 
 
-//! remove metadata of all python plugins from the registry (c++ plugins stay)
+//! remove python plugins from the metadata registry (c++ plugins stay)
 void QgsAppPluginManagerInterface::clearPythonPluginMetadata()
 {
   mPluginManager->clearPythonPluginMetadata();
 }
 
 
 //! add a single plugin to the metadata registry
-void QgsAppPluginManagerInterface::addPluginMetadata( QMap<QString,QString> metadata )
+void QgsAppPluginManagerInterface::addPluginMetadata( QMap<QString, QString> metadata )
 {
-  if ( metadata.isEmpty() || !metadata.contains("id") )
+  if ( metadata.isEmpty() || !metadata.contains( "id" ) )
   {
-     QgsDebugMsg( "Warning: incomplete metadata" );
-     return;
+    QgsDebugMsg( "Warning: incomplete metadata" );
+    return;
   }
-  mPluginManager->addPluginMetadata( metadata.value("id"), metadata );
+  mPluginManager->addPluginMetadata( metadata.value( "id" ), metadata );
 }
 
 
-//! refresh listView model and textView content
+//! refresh plugin list model (and metadata browser content if necessary)
 void QgsAppPluginManagerInterface::reloadModel()
 {
   mPluginManager->reloadModelData();
 }
 
 
-
-
-//! get given plugin metadata
-QMap<QString,QString> * QgsAppPluginManagerInterface::pluginMetadata( QString key )
+//! return given plugin metadata
+QMap<QString, QString> * QgsAppPluginManagerInterface::pluginMetadata( QString key )
 {
   return mPluginManager->pluginMetadata( key );
 }
@@ -95,8 +86,7 @@ void QgsAppPluginManagerInterface::clearRepositoryList()
 
 
 //! add repository to the repository listWidget
-void QgsAppPluginManagerInterface::addToRepositoryList( QMap<QString,QString> repository )
+void QgsAppPluginManagerInterface::addToRepositoryList( QMap<QString, QString> repository )
 {
   mPluginManager->addToRepositoryList( repository );
 }
-

src/app/pluginmanager/qgsapppluginmanagerinterface.h

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 /** \ingroup gui
  * QgsPluginManagerInterface
- * Abstract base class to make QgsPluginManager available to plugins.
+ * Abstract base class to make QgsPluginManager available to pyplugin_installer.
  */
 class QgsAppPluginManagerInterface : public QgsPluginManagerInterface
 {
@@ -36,31 +36,25 @@ class QgsAppPluginManagerInterface : public QgsPluginManagerInterface
     //! Destructor
     ~QgsAppPluginManagerInterface();
 
-    //! remove metadata of all python plugins from the registry (c++ plugins stay)
+    //! remove python plugins from the metadata registry (c++ plugins stay)
     void clearPythonPluginMetadata();
 
     //! add a single plugin to the metadata registry
-    void addPluginMetadata( QMap<QString,QString> metadata );
+    void addPluginMetadata( QMap<QString, QString> metadata );
 
-    //! refresh listView model and textView content
+    //! refresh plugin list model (and metadata browser content if necessary)
     void reloadModel();
 
-    //! get given plugin metadata
+    //! return given plugin metadata
     QMap<QString, QString> * pluginMetadata( QString key );
 
     //! clear the repository listWidget
     void clearRepositoryList();
 
     //! add repository to the repository listWidget
-    void addToRepositoryList( QMap<QString,QString> repository );
+    void addToRepositoryList( QMap<QString, QString> repository );
 
-  public slots:
-
-    //! show the Plugin Manager window when remote repositories are fetched.
-    //! Display a progress dialog when fetching.
-    void showPluginManagerWhenReady( );
-
-    //! promptly show the Plugin Manager window and optionally open tab tabIndex:
+    //! show the Plugin Manager window and optionally open tab tabIndex
     void showPluginManager( int tabIndex = -1 );
 
   private: